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Astrid Panosyan

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Astrid Panosyan
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Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet (born 13 August 1971) is a French politician and corporate director who has been Minister of Labour since September 2024 (first in the Barnier government, now in the Bayrou government). She served as a member of the National Assembly for Paris's 4th constituency from 2022 to 2024.[1]

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Early life and education

Born to an Armenian father and a Norwegian mother,[2] Panosyan-Bouvet is a graduate of HEC Paris, Sciences Po and the Harvard Kennedy School.[3]

Career in the private sector

Panosyan-Bouvet held senior positions at two of the main insurance groups in France, AXA and Groupama.[4]

Political career

As a member of Emmanuel Macron’s cabinet when he was France’s economy minister, Panosyan-Bouvet advised him on international investments and the attractiveness of France’s economy. In 2016, she co-founded the En Marche movement and was later part of a trio (together with Arnaud Leroy and Bariza Khiari) who led the movement for several months before Christophe Castaner took over the position as party leader.[5] As the movement’s head of international relations, she negotiated its coalition with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election.[6]

In parliament, Panosyan-Bouvet served on the Committee on Social Affairs from 2022 to 2024.[7] In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-American Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2022 to 2024.[8]

Other activities

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